TIL Desk/National/Lucknow-In an indication that all is not well within the party, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday came out in support of his brother and Cabinet Minister Shivpal Yadav, saying if he left SP, it will get divided into factions. At a flag-hoisting programme on the occasion of Independence Day, Mulayam said that a conspiracy was being hatched against Shivpal within SP and if he leaves the party, it will get divided into factions.
He said he had read media reports that Shivpal while expressing concern over touts and musclemen calling the shots in the state, had threatened to resign. As some party leaders attempted to prevent the issue from being talked about in the presence of the media, he said, “How does it matter? An issue that is true is true.”SP state president and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav was present on the occasion.
While expressing concern over “land-grabbing”, Shivpal, who was in Mainpuri, had spoken about his resignation. He had alleged some party workers and office-bearers were involved in “wrongful acts” of “land-grabbing and harassment of the public”. “MLAs and MLCs involved in such activities will be expelled from SP. Those party workers and office-bearers involved in land grabbing and acts of deceit will be expelled,” Shivpal had said on Sunday.
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